Fiction author Robin Brande talks about writing, reading, and other vital matters

This doesn’t count, either. Because it’s a Public Service Announcement.
Just cribbed this off of Meg Cabot’s page. How fun is this?
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First of all, I really thought that one nice thing I was doing for myself this week was not blogging. Wrong! It hurts! I miss you! Aaarrgg! But maybe I’m just trying to avoid my work. Maybe I’m looking for distractions. But can’t I just come out and [...]

Come on, seriously. Do you know how many ways this is wrong? In part because now, no matter how much I might want to, I can’t give in because that means Patrick wins.
GRRRRRRRR.
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This week I reread Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. I read it first when I was 15, and here is what I wrote in the back of the book. Forgive me, but I’m afraid this is an exact quote:
“As with all great stories, I’ve chosen my loved character and become her in every way [...]

Ah, the bounty of it all! Food, glorious food, a family I genuinely enjoy being around, lots of down time, time to read and catch up on some old Oprah episodes, gorgeous weather with sunny sky and crisp mornings–in short, just the kind of Thanksgiving weekend that feeds me body and soul. Very [...]

I am thankful, grateful, blessed, joyful, happy, contented because of
YOU.
Thanks for being my blog friends, all of you. You have made my life richer, you have entertained and taught me, you have cheered me and lifted me up, you have been a welcome group to come home to. Thank you for your [...]

I just found this over on Katie Alender’s page. I’m doing ALL of it. Thank you, Good Citizen Katie! Excellent public service.
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In the middle of a book, can’t report it yet.
How’s it going on your end-of-year reading push?
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I noticed over on Patrick’s blog that he mentioned the workshops by our favorite teachers are back, and are being publicly-announced (until now I, like Patrick, thought they were a secret). So let me add my gushing to Patrick’s: these are hands down the BEST writing workshops I have EVER attended in my [...]

As I mentioned last week, I have two novels due at the end of January. One is a novel I originally wrote back in 2005. I’ve written three other novels since then, including the first one to be published, Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature. That makes eight novels in total [...]